[CPEO-MEF] MUNITION - Kaho'olawe ordnance disposal

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Release
Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission
February 29, 2008

Navy to access Kaho'olawe for Ordnance Disposal

The Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission (KIRC) has authorized a US Navy 
explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team access to the Island of 
Kaho'olawe to dispose of newly discovered, previously undetected 
ordnance at select locations on the island.

The EOD mission will take place between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily 
between Tuesday, March 4 and Friday, March 7.  The KIRC has also 
requested "restricted airspace" to be in effect for the Kaho'olawe 
Reserve during these EOD operations.

All personnel on Kaho'olawe not involved with the EOD demolition 
operations will be directed to remain in designated safe areas until EOD 
operations have been completed.  Select KIRC staff, designated by 
Interim Executive Director Michele McLean, shall serve as official 
escorts and guides for the Navy team, advising them of significant, 
actively managed and protected natural, cultural and historic areas. 
The Navy will coordinate its operations daily with KIRC personnel on the 
island via radio communications to Kaho'olawe Reserve Operations Control 
- "KIRC Base" - to ensure that all non-EOD persons on-island and/or 
within Reserve waters are within designated safe areas.

Kaho'olawe Reserve Operations Control will coordinate notification of 
the US Coast Guard, Flight Service Station - Honolulu; Honolulu Air 
Route Traffic Control Center/Radar Approach Facility (CERAP); Department 
of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Chair Laura Thielen; DLNR's 
Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE); and, other 
relevant parties or agencies.

A Procedural Agreement between the US Navy and the KIRC provides for the 
Navy to dispose of newly discovered, previously undetected ordnance 
within the Reserve.

KAHO'OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION
811 Kolu Street, Suite 201, Wailuku, HI 96793
Telephone (808) 243-5020 Fax (808) 243-5885


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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